Man accused of kidnapping girlfriend's baby during Tuesday's Amber Alert due in court

HOUSTON

Byron Gee, 26, is charged with kidnapping and robbery. Police accuse him of taking his 4-month-old Stephanie Phillips from her mother at her southwest Houston apartment complex Tuesday morning. An Amber Alert was issued shortly thereafter.

Officers also say Gee then carjacked a woman and drove her vehicle to Galveston with the baby.

Galveston police found the baby safe and alone at a motel room on the island that night and Gee hiding under a nearby house.
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